Ground Tackle

Bluesipp carries:

ANCHORS

Best Bower anchor........................CQR  45lb

Kedge.............................................Bruce 20kg

Second kedge/stern........................Bruce 15kg

 (Also original HR Danforth type.....never used)

Folding dinghy anchor


CABLE

In anchor locker shackled to CQR                 10mm chain  60metres

Below decks an additional                             10mm chain  30metres


In cockpit locker shackled to 15kg Bruce      10mm chain 10metres                                                                                                                                          spliced to 20mm multiplait  50metres 


These all exceed the normally suggested dimensions but give great peace of mind!



Here are a few pictures:
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So comforting to have faith in our anchor.   (Sainte-Anne -  Martinique)



And here is an example of it working beautifully among the Red Sea reefs.........







This is a gust of course but the average

was still plenty 

Fifty metres of good 10mm chain out and riding perfectly.











Here is Old Faithful  -  newly galvanized with 60m of newly galvanized chain.

The picture above shows the Lewmar windlass with the chain stopper  and to the right the CQR anchor stowing neatly on the double bow roller.